I just got DAGNER DOOM, a collaboration between Danger Mouse (Producer of the last Gorillaz album) and MF Doom (Crazy masked rapper/producer). It's really really really really good. The production is off the chain and the album has the best cameos of any hip hop album ever. Check the list:

Yeah, I agree. It's very good. Everythign about it is top notch, except some of the Adult Swim characters annoy me a bit. I love Adult Swim, I just think it would have sounded better with more samples from the actual show than skits performed for the album by the characters...ah, that's nitpicking though...the actual album itself is very good.

I can see how the Adult Swim stuff could bug, but I thought the skits were hilarious. Brak's rendition of "Turn the Beat around" had me cracking up.

Its just refreshing to hear something different and creative on a hip-hop album. There's so much dreck out there that skews peoples pecreptions and feeds into the "money and bitches" stereotype. Anytime I find an album that attempts to break out of that mold, I applaud.

It makes me think back to Deltron 3030 (by Del the funkee homosapien and Dan the Automator), which was a fantastic hip-hop concept album. Every time I put that cd on it was like listening to a sci-fi movie. Del is the only dude I know that can rap about being a planet hopping neuromancer who hotwires mech robots.

It makes me think back to Deltron 3030 (by Del the funkee homosapien and Dan the Automator), which was a fantastic hip-hop concept album. Every time I put that cd on it was like listening to a sci-fi movie. Del is the only dude I know that can rap about being a planet hopping neuromancer who hotwires mech robots.

Heh, with Gorillaz, and then this...could Danger Mouse be the next Automator?

This looks good, but I'm a little wary of the direct corporate sponsorship. If you play the record backwards, it probably says something like "YOU ARE AMAZINGLY IMPRESSED BY THE SUBTLE AND ELEGANT HUMOR FOUND IN 'SQUIDBILLIES'." Still... I like Dangermouse's work.

This looks good, but I'm a little wary of the direct corporate sponsorship. If you play the record backwards, it probably says something like "YOU ARE AMAZINGLY IMPRESSED BY THE SUBTLE AND ELEGANT HUMOR FOUND IN 'SQUIDBILLIES'." Still... I like Dangermouse's work.

Yeah, the "corporate sponsorship" resulted in some minor censorship in a few places. Words beeped out and stuff, but it's actually kinda cool that way. Danger Mouse really knows how to work that censorship! They still get away with saying "Sofa King" several times though, ha ha